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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
hossz (“length”) + -at (accusative case ending)
Noun
hosszat
- accusative singular of hossz
Etymology 2
Originally an adverbial accusative, a lexicalization of the above.
Postposition
hosszat
- (of space) all along (for the entire length of; usually with utca (“street”))
- (of time) for (over the given period of time, for the entire duration of; usually with óra/órák (“hour[s]”); cf. English -long)
- Synonyms: -ig, át
Derived terms
Further reading
- hosszat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN